Ontario Trails Council

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Courses are for information and knowledge exchange purposes only. All courses are offered on a first come first serve basis. Instructors reserve the right to limit class sizes. Courses may be offered more than once in the calendar year. Some minimum student levels are necessary to run certain courses, so offered courses may change without notice.

Can The Bicycle Save Ontario?
Raise the Hammer
But everything could change with an ambitious plan to make cycling and walking the number one way Ontarians get around. The budget deficit for the 2011-2012 fiscal year in Ontario is $15 billion. The province currently spends more than $10 billion ...
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News from Conservation Ontario
News from Conservation Ontario http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs043/1103201627549/archive/1109809907240.html[4/23/2012 9:19:54 AM]. How will you ...
www.conservation-ontario.on.ca/news/.../EarthDayatCAs.pdf

Sam Cook: Cold-water accidents leave little room for error
Duluth News Tribune
Four of us were fishing in two canoes on a small lake in Ontario's Quetico Provincial Park when my partner in the front of the canoe hooked a nice lake trout. That's when we heard the cry from our two buddies across the lake. Great, I remember thinking ...
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ottawa bikes - home - Eastern Ontario School Mountain Bike ...
click for biggerThe 8th annual Eastern Ontario School MTB Event hosted by South ... Even though this is a race, it is a perfect introduction to mountain biking.
www.ottawabikes.ca/.../eastern-ontario-school-mountain-bike-...

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Ontario Trails - Hike, Bike, Ride or Paddle Ontario's Trails

Canadian Cyclist - Clinic with Zach Bell in Ontario

Canadian Cyclist Online. The source for Canadian cycling news and information including mountainbike and road bike tours, adventure biking features, ...
www.canadiancyclist.com/dailynews.php?id=23875

Physicians turn to exercise prescriptions to prevent and treat chronic condition
Toronto Star
It holds regular forums on the topic and runs free guided nature walks for 90 minutes on Sunday afternoons as a way to introduce families to its 27-kilometre network oftrails. Ottawa's recent pledge to make giant Rouge Park in east-end Toronto into ...
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Trail Education Courses - 23 Sessions and Counting We have it all - 14 modules - and soon On-Line! Book Today.

Course Calendar - click the link on the course name to download the flyer for that course!

Tough Mudder is looking for an Ontario Venue

Grand paddling
Guelph Mercury
When they paddle by, they think of deceased club founder Eric Thomlinson who pointed out ...Saugeen, Beaver or French Rivers; on rivers outside Ontario.

Norwood District High School video wins Historica-Dominion Institute's Make ...
Peterborough Examiner
Students at Norwood District High School and East Northumberland Secondary School in Brighton have been selected as winners of the Historica-Dominion Institute's War of 1812 heritage contest. Norwood District High School video wins Historica-Dominion ...
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We have an event execution team with an excellent track record, every single event to date has been a huge success for the both parties, in fact we are returning to a number of our 2010 and 2011 venues this year. Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have, my number is 718-285-7861. I have attached a couple useful documents introducing Tough Mudder and the benefits of hosting our event. Contact John Curran, Venue Scout.

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Ontario Trails - Yours to Explore!

Do It!

Camping, Ontario-style
Montreal Gazette
It was a drunk-driving stop check, in the heart of an Ontario provincial park! I answered both questions with a single No, and the park warden, satisfied I was telling the truth, allowed me and my wife to carry on. My camping career began as a young ...
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Physicians turn to exercise prescriptions to prevent and treat chronic condition
healthzone.ca
Then he started cycling to and from work two hours a day, following a scenic trail along the shore of Lake Ontario. “I've been able to reduce all of my risk factors through a combination of relatively easy recreation and I think more importantly, ...
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Cycle and Celebrate the West Toronto Railpath
Cycle and Celebrate the West Toronto Railpath Presented by: CultureLink, Toronto Cyclists Union, Davenport West Bike Project. Date: June 16, 2012 ...
https://wx.toronto.ca/.../d796e13328f39400852579e900744dc...

Ontario Trails: Hike, Bike, Ride or Paddle Ontario Trails
“(The plan) will propose to dramatically expand the off-street trail network in the City of Toronto,” Minnan-Wong told the Ontario Bike Summit. Projects proposed ...
ontariotrails.blogspot.com/.../hike-bike-ride-or-paddle-ontario...

Windsor-Essex Region peddles bike tourism

Windsor Star
By Sharon Hill, The Windsor Star April 27, 2012 6:47 AM Cyclists are silhouetted as they ride along the bicycle path at Ambassador Park in Windsor, Ontario on August 18, 2010. WINDSOR, Ont. -- Windsor and Essex County are trying to cash in on two ...
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The Urban Country Bicycle Blog: Motorist Convenience Trumps Safety
Savings in direct health care costs arising from current levels of Toronto residents staying active by walking or cycling and averting chronic illness are estimated ...
www.theurbancountry.com/.../motorist-convenience-trumps-sa...

Detroit Critical Mass Helps Area Cyclists Find Common Ground On City Streets
Huffington Post
At one, he said, police arrested cyclists for wearing Lone Ranger masks. The riders were protesting the Organization of American States, which was in nearby Windsor, Ontario, promoting the expansion of NAFTA free trade policies.

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Ontario Trails: Hike, Bike, Ride or Paddle Ontario Trails
“(The plan) will propose to dramatically expand the off-street trail network in the City of Toronto,” Minnan-Wong told the Ontario Bike Summit. Projects proposed ...
ontariotrails.blogspot.com/.../hike-bike-ride-or-paddle-ontario...

Friendly Ottawa Valley B&B offers horseback riding

Montreal Gazette
The McAlpine Equestrian Centre & Farm vacations in the Lower Ottawa Valley runs country vacations with horseback riding, offering a chance for city slickers to see a different side of life. McAlpine just might be the friendliest place I've ever been.
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Take the biodiversity challenge
SooToday.com
... the biodiversity challenge' with the Ontario Envirothon! The unique team competition is part of a broader environmental education program encouraging students to get outdoors and experience nature first hand in a fun and informative environment.
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A roadmap to better streets
NOW Magazine
The report, authored by Toronto Public Health, outlines an extensive strategy to increase the cycling and walking in Toronto, a goal that its authors say can only be achieved by curbing the car-first thinking that informs the design of so much of our ...
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Trail Education Courses - 23 Sessions and Counting We have it all - 14 modules - and soon On-Line! Book Today.

Course Calendar - click the link on the course name to download the flyer for that course!

New exhibit at Canadian Canoe Museum explores history of portable ...

New walking, cycling trails approved
YorkRegion.com
Construction and design is estimated to cost $758000 and will be facilitated by the Toronto and Regional Conservation Authority, although the town will contribute nearly $600000 of that amount to fund the project. In a map provided by the town, ...
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'It's a celebration of life'
NorthernLife.ca
Photo by Heidi Ulrichsen Over the past six years, the annual RBC Hike for Hospice has become something of a memorial event for the friends and family ...

Author Zig Misiak discusses 'misjudged' First Nations
Niagarathisweek.com
The War of 1812 was nothing different as it slammed the door shut on any hope of ... called the Pictorial Trails of 1812, will be ready for June of this year.

Grimsby student's War of 1812 video wins national contest
Hamilton Spectator
Thirteen-year-old Lexy Pakenham-Troth literally retraced the steps of Laura Secord to create aheritage video that has won her top prize in a Canada-wide competition to commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812. The Grimsby Smith Public School ...
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Friday, April 27, 2012

Ontario Trails - Hike, Ride, Use and Conserve Ontario's Trails

Hamilton, Ontario strategic plan includes redeveloping industrial land, rapid ...

Daily Commercial News
City politicians in Hamilton, Ontario voted Wednesday in favour of a strategic plan which includes a new zoning bylaw, redevelopment strategies for harbour and industrial lands and a biosolidsmanagement plan. City Council approved the 2012-2015 ...
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Bingwi Neeyashi Anishinaabek: Profile of a community on the move
Wawatay News
Earlier this yeah BNA was one of two First Nations in Ontario selected for a coveted Land Management Act that eliminates many of the restrictions placed on First Nations under the Indian Act. And late last year the community was one of eight First ...
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Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan - Ten Years Later
ECO/Huff Strategy (press release)
April, 2012 marks the 10th anniversary for the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan (ORMCP). Hailed as one of Ontario's most successful and innovative “environment-first” pieces of legislation, the ORMCP has provided a pathway to better planning on the ...
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Peterborough Examiner
The boats on display just inside the museum's main entrance include a folding kayak, a Douglas folding boat and an Ontario government canoe that breaks ...

Earth Day celebration at Landon Bay Centre another great success ...
EMC St. Lawrence
... Museum in the Suitcase and 1000 Islands Kayaking. They also went to the Upper Canada District School Board, The Catholic School Board of Eastern Ontario ...

Winners Announced in the Great Places in Canada Contest
MarketWatch (press release)
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Apr 26, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- After four months of voting and over 200000 e-ballots being cast by people from across the country, the winning locations in the second annual Great Places in Canada contest were unveiled today.
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Jane's Walks: South Armour Heights — Federation of North Toronto ...
Saturday, May 5, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. Jane Jacobs was a famous urbanologist who lived in Toronto, a person who was passionate about protecting and enhancing ...
fontra.com/2012/04/23/janes-walks-south-armour-heights/

Community Calendar
Community Press
Sponsored by Warkworth Community Service Club with generous support from the ... 9 am to 4 pm Bridge Hospice Walk-a-thon — 9 am registration, walk begins at ...

Warm weather and bicycle riders
The Morrisburg Leader
Cycling is a fun, healthy activity and an inexpensive way to get around. Before you go out follow these safety tips to ensure a safe and enjoyable ride: be equipped, know the rules, watch for hazards, and ride responsibly. The Ontario Highway Traffic ...
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Trail Education Courses - 23 Sessions and Counting We have it all - 14 modules - and soon On-Line! Book Today.

Course Calendar - click the link on the course name to download the flyer for that course!